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Billy said this judge might be a
reference for my silk application.

He said that to me, too.

Your silk application
is unlikely to fail.

You're headhunting me?

Clive's just offered me a
tenancy somewhere else.

What, he wants
you to go with him?

In a way, you
don't have a choice.

You'd be tainted if you stayed.

You were going
to say yes to him.

Gary Rush is a horrible
burglar with pages of form.

Say hello to Martha Costello.
Tell her she's the girl for me.

I'm pregnant.

I just thought you should
know. It's your right as the father.

I don't want anything from you.

You're keeping it?

Billy... We're not
sure how he fits in.

What are you saying, miss?

What Billy does is invisible.

He does things that we don't see
and probably don't even want to see.

We employ him, not
the other way round.

I want you on the inside
of this coup, working for me,

feeding me everything
I need to know.

I think if Martha
came over to us,

the rest of chambers
would follow.

Okay.

A return. Just came
in from Paper Lane.

We don't want their
sloppy seconds.

You'll want this. Tony Paddick?

I'll call you back. This is the
same Tony Paddick, I take it?

- They had some QC on it.
- Baines.

Yup. Well, his
murder trial ran on,

no one else in their
chambers was free, so...

So it's landed on our lap.

Big kudos for us
acting for both sides.

- Remind me, when is it listed again?
- Tomorrow.

Oh, fun and games.

Somehow we've got to
squeeze in one more trial.

Miss Costello, Mr. Reader...

Silk interviews means one of them
is going to have rather a busy day.

Bingo.

You got it yet?

- What?
- The answer.

Eight words or less,
that's what they said.

If you can't sum it up in eight words,
then you don't know what the answer is.

"Why do you want to take silk?"

Because I'm a competitive
bastard. Five. Five words, you?

- The money's good. Three.
- Yeah. Great, then. We're all set.

Any problems?

They don't make decent suits for
women who are 14 weeks pregnant.

I meant the interview training.
Cost us a bomb sending both of you.

Did they teach you anything?

Don't assume you've already got
it, because you'll appear arrogant.

Don't criticise your
colleagues when you answer.

And try and sum up the reason
for applying in eight words or less.

Eight words?

- "To get Billy off my back."
- Yes!

Two days' work. Return
came in this morning.

You promised me
you'd keep the day free.

I promised that if
we're not busy, we are.

- Tony Paddick?
- Yeah, he's that teacher.

Remember him? Beat
the shit out of that kid?

I don't do prosecution.

Why, you got no chums in CPS?

No, I don't go drinking
with policemen.

You need a good prosecution
under your belt before this interview.

- Easy win, slam-dunk, bosh.
- Mmm. Noah.

Two hundred kids in that
playground, one of them filmed it.

CPS are expecting you this
morning. Take a cab, on me.

Thank you very
much, sir. Cheers. Bye now.

- Camden Mags, drunk driver.
- When?

- Tomorrow.
- What did you say?

- I said thank you.
- Oh! Spiffing.

Let's cram another
one in, shall we?

Nice suit you're wearing
there, Miss Brockman.

Whatever it is, Jake. I don't
have a window in my week.

Oh, come on, miss. How can
you say no to a face like that?

Okay. How about "piss off"?
Is that in my list of options?

Always.

It's been a long time.

Oh, hello, Martha. What?

Been a long time since
we were against each other.

Tony Paddick.

- Oh, please, don't tell me.
- Mmm, as of 9:00 this morning.

We should just carve it out.

Hang on. I haven't even
got the ribbon off yet.

Ah! It's always round about now.

- What?
- Scavenging.

There's always a trolley
here mid-morning, sir.

That's not what I meant. Been
with us, what, three months?

It's always round about now that
the old bank account runs a bit thin.

I just missed my breakfast.

Long enough to
use up the overdraft,

but not long enough to
start getting paid properly.

It's always the ones
that aren't spoony.

The ones that don't
have a silver spoon...

- Silver spoon in their mouth.
- Yeah. Want a brief?

Please, yeah.

It'll pay for the
shopping and the rent.

Camden Mags. Drink driving.

- Mitigation.
- Cheers. Uh, when?

Tomorrow.

I'm kind of at a loose end. Is
there anything you need me to do?

I'm busy reviewing old cases.

Oh, right, of course,
your interview this week.

Is there anything
I can do to help?

You know, take the pressure off?

You could work in the library.

- What?
- Give me some space.

Most helpful, really.

Ask around, see if
anyone else has got work.

What's going on?

Oh, it's probably best.
Now that you and I...

What?

You and I what?

Don't make this difficult.

The baby doesn't
change anything, Clive.

I don't expect you to start
planning your life around us.

Martha?

The fees, the
selection of briefs.

One guy in charge of everything.
The system isn't working.

You're concerned because
you can't get on with him.

I'm concerned because it's
starting to feel like a dictatorship.

He's our face.
He's our public face.

He's the link between us and
the rest of the legal establishment.

They all come with
an Essex accent.

For God's sake,
this isn't a class thing.

He's getting very reckless.

There's a group of us, we
think that we should rationalise...

Look, look, look. You
want me in your gang

when you kick
Billy out of the door.

I am suggesting that
we redefine his role.

Sorry. No.

Let's not talk about
this again, ever.

Feels dirty.

- I've blown it.
- What?

Chambers, tenancy. Clive's just
asked me to move out of his room.

- What did he say?
- He says that he needs some space.

Um,
he's got his interview this week.

I'm sure it's nothing
to worry about.

What are you doing?

Drink driving.

- You've got a brief in your name?
- Um, yep.

See? I told you, that
proves it, you're in, I'm out.

Might as well pack
up my stuff now!

Billy just happened to
walked past me in the...

corridor. Niamh!

Uh, uh, uh, oh.

Uh, 20 Wimpole Street, please.

Sorry, you've been
waiting. Uh, Miss Costello?

Martha.

I can give you a few minutes.

- Tony Paddick's just landed with me.
- And you're familiar with it?

- I've read the file.
- So, you've got questions.

- One.
- Okay.

Attempted murder.
Very hard to make it stick.

- That's not a question.
- I can phrase it like a question.

- You're worried that the charge...
- It's notoriously difficult to prove.

You want to change it?

Tony Paddick lost his temper.

He was wound up by
some kids in his class.

I can't see intent, can you?

- Your predecessor...
- He didn't have a problem with it?

- No.
- Great.

Well, he passed you
up for another case

and I'm at the helm
now and I'm afraid I do.

So, perhaps you could set aside
some time and try to convince me.

- What did she say?
- She gave me a lecture.

Her Joan of Arc impression.
We've all heard that before, haven't we?

I'm really sorry. I
don't know where she is.

I'm really sorry, Mr. Rush.

Oh, don't give me "I'm
really sorry, Mr. Rush."

- Because I'm sick of it...
- What's he doing here?

He says he's got a con booked,

but there's nothing in the diary
and Miss Costello is not here.

I'll handle it.

- What do you mean?
- I mean she's unavailable.

She's double-booked.

If you want, you can discuss
your concerns with me.

Are those stockings or tights?

Shall we talk about the trial?

Which ones does
Miss Costello wear?

This is a teacher who's
been singled out, victimised.

It's a pretty tough school and there's
a whole gang of kids got it in for him.

All this stuff they've plastered on
the internet, it must have got to him.

Common sense
says he just snapped.

Look, I have to stand up in court
tomorrow and try and persuade the jury

that the charge should stick.

Attempted murder.

- Well, quite frankly, I don't see it.
- So?

Section 20, GBH. We'll get
a guilty plea, I guarantee it.

- Can I ask you a question?
- Sure.

How much time
have you given this?

Nine months this
has been on my desk.

And you've come in
here to steer me straight?

I call it as I see it.

Ah, you've done the
deal already, I suppose.

- What?
- His counsel is a colleague of yours.

- We haven't discussed it.
- Same chambers.

- We haven't discussed it.
- I don't appreciate being undermined.

I came to you first.

You should read
the brief, in full.

I mean, you should devote more
time to this than just a taxi ride.

Three minutes between the
attack and the end of the lesson.

He didn't lose his
temper in the classroom,

lesson ended, he
went to his office,

three minutes later the
boy knocked on the door.

Paddick invited him.

Three minutes is easily enough
time to plan and execute a murder.

This internet hate campaign,
he became obsessed.

Thinks he spots
the boy responsible.

Post-traumatic
retrograde amnesia.

He beat him so hard

the kid can't even
remember what happened.

Couldn't Prosecute Satan.

- The CPS.
- The CPS. I've heard that joke before.

Yes, but how do you think
these things get started?

Two barristers do
a deal on the sly,

try to kick our legs out.

We haven't discussed it yet.

Section 20, of course not.

Oh.

I've been looking
for you all day.

I was at the CPS.

I've got a case, tomorrow.

Oh, good. Well, congratulations.

Drink driving. Guilty plea.

Just over the limit,
drove off the road.

It's mitigation. Make
the judge's heart melt.

I don't want to cock it up.

I need a script. Please.

Two minutes.

Right. So...

No previous, won't reoffend.

Other people's lives
destroyed if he goes to jail.

You've got to make him seem like
a special case worthy of redemption.

So find something,
anything, to hang it on.

Right. That is brilliant.

No, that's standard stuff.

Stuff you should already know,
I can't always hold your hand.

Miss?

I'm up to my ears,
what do you need, Jake?

Your con. You forgot
him, Miss Cranitch did it.

What con?

I didn't have a con.

Seriously, all he
wanted to talk about.

Your clothes?

Did it bother me that I
always had to wear black?

Spent more time staring at my
tights than at my face. Creepy guy.

Well, thank you.

Jake said it could
have turned nasty.

Martha, the work
that Clive's giving me,

it isn't really filling my day.

It would be good if I
could work with you on this.

Aggravated burglary with
attempt to commit a sexual assault,

I'm already familiar
with all the details.

I think you should
ask him first.

You were right.

It's embarrassing for him
having me around all the time.

I need a new mentor.

I intend to stay clear of
him socially from now on.

- Kennedy's or Wig and Brief?
- Sorry?

I'm buying you a drink.

Somewhere that isn't
just round the corner.

Do you reckon it was him?

I don't want to speculate, thank
you, but somebody definitely broke in.

Have you told the police?

About my stockings?

No, you're right.
It's a bit late for that.

You should have told
them about the medal.

- It means you'll get 20.
- Yeah, okay.

Morning, miss. All
geared up for today?

Two of Shoe Lane's
finest going head to head?

Mmm. A word.

So do you think she's
going to make a complaint?

- Well, it won't be official.
- What exactly did you do to upset her?

Attempted murder. It's
a wrong call, I told her.

So now she thinks you're
in cahoots with Mr. Zeigler?

Mmm-hmm.

It's always delicate when both
sides are in the same chambers

but she'll get over it.

We have to be extra
cautious. Separate clerks.

- Chinese wall.
- That's a bit excessive.

I don't want to give her
any cause to criticise.

Fine.

Right, Chinese wall it is.

Miss Costello is in
here, I'll take care of her.

John handles Mr
Zeigler in the clerks' room.

Don't put anything in their pigeon
holes unless it's sealed in an envelope.

- What's going on in there?
- A Chinese wall.

The MP3 stuff you asked for.

- Shall we maybe start again?
- We're not flatmates.

- We don't need to get along.
- I just thought it might be easier.

- All set?
- Mmm. Ready to take him down.

I've got my truncheon, knuckle
duster. I need to give you this.

- An advice.
- I don't understand.

I want it on
record, in the file,

I think attempted
murder is a wrong call.

- But we agreed.
- Yeah, you're paying for it.

So if it's what you want,
it's what you're getting.

Excuse me.

All right?

All right?

Morning.

All right, if you'd
like to follow me.

- All rise.
- Thank you.

No problem.

Rational.

Bet you're going to say that
word a hundred times today.

Please don't talk to me.

Yes, Miss Costello.

The bell went, I saw
Tony in the corridor.

- What was he doing?
- Just walking, over to the office.

And how did he seem?
Was he... rational?

He seemed normal.

- Yes.
- And what happened next?

I went outside on duty.

Next thing, one of the
children came to find me.

She was sobbing,
said there'd been a fight.

I mean, I just assumed that...

Obviously, I thought
it was just kids.

I went into the office
and found them.

Tony was sitting at his desk,

Sean was lying on the floor.

And was he conscious?

No.

He wasn't moving.

And what were the
nature of his injuries?

His, uh... His face...

It was just a mass of blood.

So much blood.

I just...

I didn't recognise him.

I was in the office,

free second lesson.

The bell rang, Tony came
in just a moment later.

I was marking books,
so I didn't chat to him.

The phone went, Tony answered.

What was the phone call about?

I didn't hear the whole
conversation, I was leaving.

And how did he seem?
Was he shouting?

He was just conversing normally.

Oh, he appeared to be
having a rational conversation.

Yes.

Sean, the pupil, he knocked
on the door as I was going.

To be clear, Tony
Paddick left his classroom,

went back to his
office, took a call,

and all this time he
was conversing normally.

Is there a question,
Miss Costello?

Do you like Tony Paddick?

I don't know him well.

He'd worked at the
school three years.

You shared an office.
Do you like him?

I suppose.

And did you know about the
internet campaign against him?

Yes.

- And did you talked about it ever?
- No. Never.

Did you ever talked about
professional problems?

Well, this was personal.

How is it personal

when students are involved?

How is it personal?

Did Tony Paddick ever see
his students outside of school?

There was a party.

Tony Paddick
socialised with his pupils?

A 16th birthday, one
of them invited him.

And you thought
that he shouldn't go?

There's a price you pay for
crossing those boundaries.

He became the centre
of gossip and the kids...

They all started to
target him afterwards.

How did you know?

One of the photos
on the web page,

sir at a party.

Jury cares if he's lusting
after 16-year-old girls.

They've got children, too.

We just kicked
out his character.

Take a seat. Your
barrister is not here yet.

Oh, no, no, no. I'm not the
client. I'm here to meet the Turleys.

Why are we meeting
here and not in chambers?

Disabled access. His
wife's in a wheelchair.

- Thank you.
- Pleasure.

Amy, which
English set are you in?

Five.

- And who's your teacher?
- Mr. Paddick.

And is it a good
set? Is it the top set?

It's bottom.

Describe the lesson
for me on that day.

Normal. I mean,
lots of noise and that.

- What kind of noise?
- Jokes.

People not concentrating.

And how did Mr. Paddick react?

- Okay, I guess.
- And where was Sean?

He was sitting near the window.

He had headphones and Paddick,
Mr. Paddick, came and took them away.

Just the headphones?

And Sean's MP3 player.

Mr. Paddick said that he could
come and get them at break.

So, he invited him to
come back at break?

Where?

He told him to
come over to his office.

Amy, were you ever at a
party that Mr. Paddick attended?

Yes.

And what went on at that party?

Just dancing.

- Was Mr. Paddick dancing?
- Yes.

Slow dancing?

I suppose.

- Did you dance with him?
- Loads of us did.

Yes, but did you?

Yes.

Thank you, Amy.

Thank you so much,
Amy. You've been really helpful.

Did you see her
uniform? The girl?

- Brand new.
- Yeah, so?

So...

She's 16, about to leave school,

and they buy her a
whole new uniform.

I bet her real skirt is
only half that length.

Sexually provocative teenager.

They dress her up, so
he looks like the evildoer.

Don't want to risk the jury
feeling too sorry for him.

Yes, exactly. So why
hasn't Noah pounced on it?

Of course, I know we
should have got a taxi.

There's no point
in saying it now.

Taxis can be difficult.

Most of them...

- It's tough to get the chair in.
- Mmm.

It's not an excuse. I know
I'll have to pay for what I did.

You were both in the car?

And the little'un.

We had a family party. My
brother's finally got engaged.

I only live a few
streets away, so...

People keep filling up your
glass, you lose count, you know.

Um, Mr. Turley, we need
to make you a special case.

You've already pleaded
guilty and the Probation Service

have filed a
pre-sentence report.

Now, there's likely to be a
prison sentence, but the length

of the sentence depends
on what happens next.

This way.

What is it, second six?

- Tell Billy he's an arsehole.
- What?

Taking stuff like this, farming
it out to the diaper crew.

Oh, you think I'm
too inexperienced?

Two-year-old and
wife in a wheelchair.

Cock this up
and I will kill you.

Three years. I did my teacher
training straight from college.

My first school, I've been
there three years this autumn.

And has it been a happy time?

The first two years.

More recently?

The kids have not been easy.

- In the classroom?
- Yes.

There's one or two.
We can't all get along.

There's a few kids that have
taken against me, I suppose,

made things quite unpleasant.

How did they do that?

Firstly, there was
stuff drawn on my car.

It became a sort of ritual.

Then the flat. They came to
my flat and broke a window.

I thought, I hoped maybe if I just
ignored it, maybe it would stop.

But then they started
posting stuff on the internet.

Hmm. Your Honour, if I may, I'd
like to read a couple of passages

from the internet
message board in question.

- Do I have it?
- It's 21.

These were posted
on the 20th of March

on the web page entitled
"Paddick beat it upright."

I'm not familiar with the term.

It's a rap metal song and
slang phrase. It's, um...

It's a page where people fantasise
about your sexual habits, yes?

Yes.

Uh...

"Paddick beats off under
the desk in class. I seen him."

"Tony P sniffs kiddie
knickers" and so on.

Your Honour, there are over
200 such messages here,

all posted on the same
social networking site,

all between March
and July of last year.

Your Honour, is there a question
on its way for Mr. Paddick?

Were you aware of the web page?

Yes, I was.

A kid in my form said he'd
seen it so I went online to look.

And how did it make you feel,
seeing what they wrote about you,

reading these fantasies online?

Obviously, I felt sickened.

Did you report it?

I told the head.

There was a brief investigation.

Why did you become a teacher?

I wanted to do
something meaningful.

Not a very fashionable word.

And has it been the
career you hoped for?

Relevance?

My client's mental state.

It wasn't Mr. Chips. I
mean, he didn't have

teenagers smearing
excrement on his windows,

posting condoms
through his letterbox.

And why did you attack Sean?

I'd had enough, I snapped.

Did you intend to kill him?

No, no.

Absolutely not.

Thank you.

Miss Cranitch not here?

No, I've asked her
to work elsewhere.

Busy week. Interview.

Mmm. And with a new
little Reader on the way,

don't wants your exes
cluttering up your life.

You know something, Billy, you're
starting to forget your manners lately.

I mean, don't get me wrong.

I've always found your
boorish attitude charming.

I'm one of your biggest fans. I'd
just hate to see it get you into trouble.

Well, let her know there's some
work going begging, will you?

- Thanks.
- I hate to see talent going to waste.

- Billy?
- Yes, miss.

All that confusion
about Clive leaving.

You know my loyalty isn't
to him. It's to chambers.

Yes, miss.

A "blur"?

Yes, it was.

Your word, a "blur."

Yes.

Are there any aspects of the
attack that you do remember?

You remember him
coming to your office.

Yes.

Remember him coming to collect
the MP3 player that you'd confiscated.

Yes.

And then the
next part is a blur.

Did he speak to you?

- He muttered something.
- Muttered?

"Letch."

And then you snapped?

Yes, I did.

Have you been called
names by students before?

It goes with the turf.

Have you ever lashed out before?

- Never.
- Why did you confiscate the player?

I could hear it in my lesson.

- What song?
- I don't recall.

Your Honour, a printout
from Sean McDaid's laptop.

It's a catalogue of all
the songs in his library.

Beat It Upright.

I don't know rap songs.

You know those lyrics, though.

You'd seen them
before on a web page.

A web page where you
didn't know the author.

But Sean McDaid had
that song on in your lesson.

He had it up loud.

Loud enough to hear the words,

loud enough to provoke
you in the classroom.

How long had you been trying to
find the author of that web page?

- Months.
- Were you angry?

Well, obviously.

What made you angry?

- You serious?
- Mr. Paddick.

What made you angry?

"Paddick jerks off under
the desk in lessons."

"Paddick feels up all
the girls after class."

It wasn't one, it was all
of them, every message.

I wanted to teach. That's
the reason I took the position,

so I could teach
children English.

Did you attend a student party?

- It was a mistake.
- So the answer is yes.

Yes, I did. Some
kids invited me.

Did you dance?

- Yes.
- With students?

Yes. Yes, I realise my mistake.

What mistake?

I became the
centre of attention.

- Because you danced?
- Because...

Because teenage
girls have fantasies

and teenage boys become
angry and jealous and irrational.

I danced with a couple of
students and it left me open to all this

adolescent speculation.

The head teacher advised
you to ignore it. And did you?

- For a while.
- And then?

It started to affect things.

Things?

My home life.

My girlfriend, she...

She left me.

When was this?

Mr. Paddick?

The day before the incident.

And why did she leave you?

She found stuff on my computer.

Pornography.

What pornography?

Teacher-pupil fantasy stuff.

These kids, they'd
signed me up to some website.

And who was to blame
for the fact that she left you?

- Your Honour...
- Who was to blame?

The person who
created the web page.

Who, presumably,
owned a copy of that song.

Excuse me.

You've given them intent.

- And you've come to congratulate me.
- Yes.

Are you planning on
making any sort of effort?

So, silk interview.

Good for you. Good for chambers.

Good for my overdraft. Not
so good for one's mental state.

Tomorrow morning?

Yeah. I just need a couple
of hours, start a little late.

Okay.

Right.

No chance of a deal, I suppose?

Drop the attempted murder.
Section 20, GBH without intent,

and then my client will plead.

Look, you want a deal.
I know you want a deal.

Compassion demands
it. It's just common sense.

The man was under
extraordinary pressure.

Well, make a case.

Stand up and make a case.
Don't offer plea bargains,

do your job.

I'm doing my job.

- Hello, mate.
- Bag, please, sir.

All right. There you go.

Is that what I think it is?

Names of my interviewers.
I don't know one of them.

From the private sector.

And who else you got?

Only the most high-ranking
female judge in the country.

Shit.

Yes, shit. Exactly.

Cranitch. Judge Cranitch.

- Busy morning?
- Billy found some work for me to do.

Oh, well, good for him.

Do you need something?

I'm sorry.

Yesterday. I was abrupt.

It's just nerves, really.

Let me buy you
dinner this evening.

Clive, I don't know
what's going on.

You're a brilliant
pupil and a good friend.

I was stupid. I'm just worried
about my interview, that's all.

I'll make it up to you tonight.

Let's... Let's pretend
yesterday never happened.

Probation.

Lives destroyed if he goes to...

Mr. Slade, I'm looking
forward to hearing from you.

- Sir.
- On your feet.

My client, Mr. Turley,
has already pleaded guilty.

I'm aware. What I need to hear
from you now is some litigation.

Alex Turley has no
previous convictions.

- That's it?
- No, no.

Um, he also has a wife
who's confined to a wheelchair

and a two-year-old child.

His family relies on
him for everything.

He's a decent citizen.

And a long custodial sentence
would devastate his life,

all because of a minor error.

Driving your car off the road and
into the side of a house is hardly minor.

Yes, I meant it was
a momentary mistake.

He and his wife suffered
only minor injuries.

It was a critical mistake that
posed a threat to people's lives.

And your tone, your facetious tone,
is not doing your client any favours.

- All right.
- Shall we begin again?

"Professional, committed,
great interpersonal skills."

You wrote that when?

Last year.

Mr. Paddick asked
me for a reference.

He'd applied for a
Head of Department job.

Obviously, I was sorry to lose him,
but that is the nature of our world.

Good people you can
only keep in post for a time.

- And Tony Paddick was good?
- Yes.

- Professional?
- Definitely.

Would it be fair to say that a
good career is now threatened

- by a moment's madness...
- Your Honour.

Right.

You're not the
witness, Mr. Zeigler.

I only met Mr. Turley for
the first time this morning.

We had barely 30 minutes
to go there to prepare.

Are you trying to excuse
a lack of preparation?

No, I'm trying to make
you aware of what was said.

Thirty minutes.

And in that time Mr. Turley made
no mention of the word "mitigation".

He asked for no
special consideration.

He said he had no excuse.

Now, he knows he has
to pay for what he did.

It's true he has no
previous convictions.

It's true that other people's lives
will be ruined if he is sent to prison.

Now, if we're willing to
show mercies at anyone,

surely those most deserving
are the people that don't ask for it.

Now, a man who is persecuted
by his own conscience

does not need
the law to join in.

Mr. Turley believes
he should be punished.

He wants no favours.

Well, this is precisely the time
that we should be granting them.

Thank you.

Your Honour, from
the unused material,

a document dated
December last year.

Is this your writing?

Yes.

Please tell us what this is.

It's an appraisal statement.

An appraisal of Tony Paddick.

Yes.

"Chaotic classroom management.

"Relationships with his pupils
have completely broken down."

And below, "He has been over-familiar
with some of his students

"and now he finds it hard
to discipline effectively."

- Is this your signature?
- Yes.

- You wrote this statement?
- Yes.

About the man who,
weeks before in a reference,

you said was a
committed professional.

Is it hard to get rid
of incompetent staff?

Your Honour, my
client's competence...

Please continue.

It is hard, yes.

It's far quicker just to whisk them out
of the door with a good job reference,

get them off to the
next school sharpish.

Mr. Paddick had a difficult year.

And your school had a problem.

And this is how you
chose to manage it.

I'm not anxious to
admonish him publicly.

Or to tell us the truth.

This might be a good
moment to adjourn.

All rise.

- Another wicket.
- I'm not winning this.

It's his defence
counsel that are losing it.

I wish they'd do something.

I'm going to get him burnt
at the stake at this rate.

You okay?

- I'm a bully.
- You what?

I've just spent six hours at the
Bailey kicking some bloke's head in.

It's just not me, prosecution.

The CPS want me to
play a part and I hate it.

Plus he's on the wrong charge,
which makes it intolerable.

Anyway, end of tirade.
Tell me about your day.

Um, sentence tomorrow.

Wants to review the material.

- Great.
- Mmm.

Lend me some money
and I'll buy you a drink.

Right. Give us that 20 quid,
then. Come on. Come on.

Thank you.

- Hiya.
- Hi.

Martha, hey.

Hi.

Dinner?

Thanks, but...

But?

Like I said, I've got a lot
of work I need to finish.

Look at this stuff.

There's thousands.

Where's it going?

Give me a printout
of all of it. Everything.

Subject knowledge,
communication, insight.

Technical skill, subject
knowledge, communication, insight.

Technical skill, subject
knowledge, communication, insight.

Technical skill, subject
knowledge, communication, insight.

Those are the four basic areas.

Insight?

Well, often there's a gap
between what a person says

and what they're meaning.

Your latest case. Was it
work that made you proud?

My latest case is ongoing.

Can you tell us
anything about it?

Are you proud of
what you're doing?

I'm doing a job.

That's all?

I'm doing a job well.

And that doesn't make you proud?

No, it doesn't.

There's a considerable
difference between the two sides.

- I don't follow.
- Well, I'm better and I'm winning.

- And that makes you uncomfortable?
- Yes, it does.

A man will go to prison because
I punch lower than my opponent.

People have different skills.

- Yes.
- Diversity is good.

Well, no, not if it affects
the course of justice.

You want a better opponent.

I don't want to win 10-nil.

I want to feel as if
they're putting up a fight.

- What is it?
- "Don't criticise your colleagues."

That's the one thing we're
told not to do in this interview.

"Don't criticise your
colleagues when you answer."

And answer in less
than eight words.

I did that course, too.

You're prosecuting this one?

Yes.

A prosecutor
doesn't win or lose.

She just presents the facts.

So, the head teacher
writes a report last year

saying your guy's going
under, failing in the classroom.

It's the last page in
there, nothing after.

What?

Ask her why there's been no
follow-up, no support, no training courses,

no inset, no mentoring.

You know a member of your
staff is having a tough time,

you don't just feed
him to the wolves.

- This is deliberate.
- Do you think?

A head with a
nightmare on her hands,

an internet complaint
against Paddick,

potential scandal, nasty
rumours, kids eating him alive?

So she leaves him at the arse end
of the school with those same kids?

Ask her why!

She's my witness,
I can't do her over.

It's your best chance.

The head was piling
on the pressure.

You've just got to prove that Tony
Paddick had stopped thinking rationally.

Look, what are
you doing, Martha?

If I was prosecuting
this case, I'd cut a deal.

And if I was defending,
Tony Paddick would walk.

- Set five?
- Yes.

The very worst class?

The least able.

You left a teacher who you knew
was struggling with the very worst class?

Mr. Zeigler.

I'm trying to establish why a teacher
who's under enormous personal pressure

was put in this
incendiary position.

Set five struggle academically.
That doesn't make them delinquent.

None of the other staff
have a problem with them.

You say in
this appraisal statement

that Mr. Paddick's
relations with his pupils

had completely broken down.

Yes.

What's the next step?

You're a very successful head.

How do you turn a
situation like that around?

Miss Costello?

Your Honour, my
learned friend tried to imply

that there was a
vendetta by the school,

that Miss Glover was trying
to force Mr. Paddick out.

I wish to establish
that that's not the case.

I imagine there was some
sort of structured support.

- Yes.
- What?

Some mentoring of
the failing teacher?

No.

Counselling?

The internet campaign
had left a mark.

- No.
- Well, maybe inset?

To help him
address his failings?

We had one-to-one discussions.

- In your office?
- On the phone.

Your phone system in the
school, how does it work?

- Um...
- You have a phone in every office?

Internal lines only?

- Yes.
- Relevance?

Was there a call that
day, the day of the attack?

At break time.

Ah. So you phoned
the English office

and you spoke to Mr. Paddick
during break time, offering support?

Miss Costello?

I just want to underline that Mr
Paddick was not cut adrift by his boss.

What was the phone call about?

I don't recall the details.

It's okay, just the headlines.

Timetabling, um,
for the coming term.

And were there
changes to be made?

Mr. Paddick, he'd
expressed his reluctance

to carry on teaching set five,
that particular group of students.

And as part of your ongoing
support, you tried to oblige.

I told him a change
wasn't possible.

- But you tried to help?
- Yes, of course.

And this conversation, it took
place just before the attack?

Yes.

And how did he react on
the phone to the news that

he would have to continue
teaching this difficult class?

He wasn't happy.

Was he angry?

Yes. Very.

We've heard evidence
that Mr. Paddick took a call

just prior to the attack.

The point has been
made repeatedly

that he was in a rational state
of mind after leaving his class.

If subsequently he had
cause to lose his temper

then that has serious
implications for the case.

Did Tony Paddick invite
this boy into the office

with the express
purpose of taking his life?

Or was Sean McDaid
an unfortunate bystander?

And if so, what made Tony Paddick
lose control at that precise moment?

We can nail him
to the wall with this stuff.

You actually hacked
into his computer?

Thousands unaccounted for.

This doesn't change a thing. We're
not going to manage this without Martha.

Yeah?

Call for you, listing
clerk, says it's urgent.

Hello? Dave, how are
you? What can I do for you?

Friday, 2:00? That
shouldn't be a problem.

Uh, what is it concerning?

Right, okay. I'll
tell you what...

Will the defendant please stand?

Have the jury reached verdicts
on which they are all agreed?

Yes.

On count one,

do you find the defendant guilty
or not guilty of attempted murder?

Not guilty.

On count two, do you find
the defendant guilty or not guilty

of inflicting
grievous bodily harm

contrary to Section 20 of the
Offences Against the Person Act?

Guilty.

We will proceed
to sentence on count two.

Section 20, GBH, but
without intent to harm.

Best possible result.

If you'd been
better at your job,

I wouldn't have to
bloody do it for you.

What happened in there?

A prosecutor doesn't win or
lose, she just presents the facts.

He's going to prison.
What's the matter?

Not content unless
they clap him in irons?

What about this guy!

What's happened?

I got a suspended sentence.

- He's not going to prison.
- Boy done good.

Clever bugger.

- Guess dinner's on me.
- Martha?

- Can I have a word?
- Yeah, sure.

There you go, Jakey boy.

Oh, thanks, Billy.

All that trouble. Separate
clerks, separate faxes.

- What?
- The CPS have been on.

They've made a complaint.

What, just because I
didn't get the verdict?

Your advice, pushing
for the deal on GBH,

Noah's solicitor found it.

It was in his bundle by mistake.

- They sent it to your solicitor.
- Oh, God.

She's saying that
you gave it to him.

She's saying that you and Noah tried
to do a deal and then you lied about it.

How the hell did this happen?

Billy. He was clerking
you, wasn't he?

He doesn't make
that kind of mistake.

I get half my work from the CPS.

An error like this
is going to cost me.

They'll stop sending us cases.

You need to go to the
management committee.

You mean turn Billy in.

His mistake.

I swear to God, if
you smile at me...

Privileged files going
to the wrong solicitor.

You or Billy. Choose, Martha.

Someone's got to
take the rap for it.

Your co-defendant
says it was you who did it.

I was defending myself.

Liar Mark Draper.

I turned around

and that's when I saw
him stab my husband.

- Set up a moot.
- Sir?

I want to see both pupils
in action, under pressure.

I've been given an
unfair advantage.

A breakaway set?

We need a head of chambers.

Do you think you'll be a
QC this time next week?

Doesn't add up.

- What?
- Mark's story.

You stabbed Colin
Guthrie. Do you deny it?

- No.
- I'm telling the truth.

Martha Costello
has to do Gary Rush.

You took the words
right out of my mouth.

This is the biggest
case I have ever done.

I need your support.

You've been lying to me,
Martha. You've been lying to me!